Gilbert Franklin Hennigan
| Gilbert Franklin Hennigan | |
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| Louisiana State Senator from Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis parishes | |
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In office 1944–1956 |
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| Preceded by | James O. Dolby |
| Succeeded by | Arsene Stewart |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 18, 1883 Meadows, Calcasieu Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | November 4, 1960 (aged 76) Windham Creek Calcasieu Parish |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Myrtie Mae Whitman Hennigan (married 1906-1927, her death) |
| Relations | Grandson, Gil Dozier |
| Children |
Goldie Irene Hennigan (1908-1962) |
| Parents |
Henry Franklin Hennigan |
| Occupation | Rancher |
Goldie Irene Hennigan (1908-1962)
Sylvia Mae Hennigan Dozier (1910-1977)
Johnnie Louise Hennigan (1912; lived five months)
Nancy Elizabeth "Bessie" Hennigan Hyatt
Frank Hennigan
Hope Hennigan O'Rillion
Joe Chilton Hennigan
Henry Franklin Hennigan
Gilbert Franklin Hennigan (December 18, 1883 – November 4, 1960) was a three-term Democrat member of the Louisiana State Senate, who served from 1944 to 1956 under Governors Jimmie Davis, Earl Kemp Long, and Robert F. Kennon.
Hennigan was born near rural Meadows in Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana. He was the only son of nine children born to Henry Franklin Hennigan and the former Nancy Elizabeth Eaves. The senior Hennigan was a Baptist minister; Mrs. Hennigan, a school teacher. In 1939, Gilbert Hennigan became one of the incorporators of the Beauregard Electric Cooperative. He served from 1936 until his death as a board member of the First National Bank in DeRidder in Beauregard Parish.
Hennigan and his wife, the former Myrtie Mae Whitman (1888-1927), whom he married at Brushy Creek in Beauregard Parish in 1906, had eight children. She died at the age of thirty-nine with an unsuccessful ninth pregnancy. Hennigan was left to rear five children under the age of fifteen. One of the five died in 1930 at the age of three.
The second of the Hennigan daughters, Sylvia Mae, herself a teacher, married the school principal A. J. Dozier (1907-1997). The Doziers had two sons, one of whom, Gil Dozier, served as the Commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry from 1976 to 1980.
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